Thank you to this Kindness Crew for helping pass out donuts and hot chocolate Monday morning to kick-off our Kindness Week Activities!
Congratulations to Ms. Summer Yancer who will be starting her position as the Competitive Cheer Coach! Coach Yancer has been working with the younger cheer team the past year and as an assistant with Coach Klopf for some time. We're excited for her to share her experiences throughout many years of cheer and her skill in relating to students. We're looking forward to seeing how she will continue to build the program. Coach Yancer is excited to work with the athletes and staff to bring even more PR to the Cheer team and its athletes. Please help her feel welcome.
A few highlights from the Veterans Day program on Friday! For more pictures and information on the celebration, check out the news article here: https://www.colemanschools.net/article/1335606
We LOVE seeing our kiddos repping Comet blue and white!!! Got some Comet pride photos to share? Send them to pr@colemanschools.net! #ColemanComets #GrowingForTheFuture
The 6th graders have been working hard all fall weeding, harvesting, and cleaning the elementary raised beds in the land lab. Students work in pairs at a bed they chose to get them ready for planting this spring. Students noticed a need for more soil, so they put in a request to Mr. Fischer for more compost. Mr. Fischer ordered compost and Mrs. Lattimer used the tractor to put it in the beds for us. Thank you so much to both of you!
6th graders spread out the compost in the beds and planted garlic. Garlic grows best if planted in the fall, and will be ready to harvest in July.
Students will meet with their grade level partners (each grade gets two raised beds) to help their grade decide what to plant in the spring and how to take care of plants in a raised garden bed.
Happy School Psychologist's Week to our amazing psychologist, Ms. Christa Starkey-Brown! We greatly appreciate all you do and your knowledge about each student you've worked with over the years is impressive as well as how best to support them. Thanks for all you do!
Shout out to Mr. Skylyr Zink for all of his efforts to increase exposure and awareness to post-secondary learning opportunities and college access! In addition to coordinating well-attended college rep visits, Skylyr has secured two grants from the Community Foundation to provide transportation for college campus visits! Check out this graphic below that also highlights the work Skylyr (and students) put in for College Application Month in October. Thank you Skylyr for all that you do! For more information regarding scholarships, work-based learning, CTE, dual enrollment, early college, FAFSA, and more, check out the Student Resources page! https://www.colemanschools.net/o/jr-sr-high-school/page/student-resources
Elementary students enjoyed the fall band concert during their visit to the high school last week. I wonder if there's any future band students in this group!
Follow this link to read the Superintendent's statement regarding the outcome of yesterday's Bond Proposal vote: https://5il.co/28lzm
It's Election Day! Vote for the Coleman Community Schools Bond Proposal at your City/Township hall. Even today, you can still REGISTER TO VOTE at your city/township hall - EVERY VOTE COUNTS! Don't let this opportunity to make a difference pass you by! Make sure you check out our bond page for more information, and we'll see you at the polls! https://www.colemanschools.net/page/bond-information-2023
It's Election Day! Vote for the Coleman Community Schools Bond Proposal at your City/Township hall. Most polls are open until 8pm this evening - if you are in line to vote at your voting center by then, you have the right to cast your vote. EVERY VOTE COUNTS! Don't let this opportunity to make a difference pass you by! Make sure you check out our bond page for more information, and we'll see you at the polls! https://www.colemanschools.net/page/bond-information-2023
Survey Link: https://forms.gle/Guj3xwRczQEdiRwt5
31aa categorical funding is from the State and supports Health (physical and mental) and now also includes Safety. In the past and on-going, we are using a portion of the 31aa funds to support our School Nurse, her materials/equipment and training she receives or provides.
The Safety funding used to be under Section 97 and is now moved to 31aa. Previous Safety funding was used to purchase updated bus cameras and stop arm camera systems, bus radios, additional door ID contact areas, TV camera system, PA system updates, building radios and safety signage for the buildings. Some of this has already been installed and some is on the way.
With the Health and Safety areas now being combined, we are seeking some additional input from parents, students, community and staff around areas they feel this funding could support. Please take a few minutes to read the information at the top and fill out the survey at this link to give your input: https://forms.gle/Guj3xwRczQEdiRwt5 Please complete the survey by Nov. 10th.
TOMORROW is the day! Vote for the Coleman Community Schools Bond Proposal at your City/Township hall. You can still REGISTER TO VOTE at your city/township hall today or even tomorrow; don't let this opportunity to vote pass you by! Make sure you check out our bond page for more information, and we'll see you at the polls! https://www.colemanschools.net/page/bond-information-2023
Don't forget to vote for the Coleman Community Schools Bond Proposal on Tuesday! Not registered to vote yet? You can STILL VOTE on election day - just register on the day of the vote at your city/township hall! Make sure you check out our bond page for more information, and we'll see you at the polls! https://www.colemanschools.net/page/bond-information-2023
Mr. David Brown has agreed to be the High School Boys Bowling Coach starting this season! Mr. Brown teaches Physics and Chemistry, along with STEAM and Coding courses for Coleman Schools. He's excited to join Mr. Francis who is the Girls Bowling Coach in continuing to build the program as a primary or secondary sport for our students. Please help welcome him to this new position and if you are interested in Bowling, get signed up now in the High School Office. The Winter season starts soon - get ready to go and cheer them on!
Some of our awesome student leaders attended Midland County Youth Impact Partnership's Leadership Day on October 24 in Bullock Creek. Our students learned about sense of purpose, positive peer relationships, and self-esteem. After the break out sessions, they were given time to brainstorm ideas for their school's week of kindness, which is November 13-17. Our students did a great job representing Coleman Community Schools!
3rd Grade students brainstorming, planning and building prototypes for collecting weather data with Chippewa Nature Center! Groups made precipitation gauges, devices to measure wind speed and direction and more. Mr. Frisbee encourages them to encourage one another and to be brave in their attempts at creating a working prototype. Even groups that were unable to create a finished product learned the importance of positivity and strong work ethic. An extra thank you to Corteva for providing us with a grant allowing us to bring in Chippewa Nature Center every month to educate our 2nd and 3rd grade students!
The Rhynard kids looking cool in their Comet gear! Thanks for sharing! #ColemanComets
More Halloween pictures from yesterday's festivities!
Last week's hayride and visit to the school forest was a blast!
